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Journals of the Senate and House of Commons of the General Assembly of North-Carolina at its session in 1827/1828

8l> JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.
second rc.qitnents ofthc militia of Giiilfonl; a bill to incorporate tht-
Ilookcitoii Library Company, in tho comity of Gi-eciie; a hill to au-thorise
Heiuy Gibbs, Sheriff of Hyde county, to collect arjvars of
taxes; a bill empowering the commissioners of the town of Halifax,
to sell to Lemuel Long a certain sti'ip of land oithe commons i»f said
town; a bill to incorpoi-ate the Franklin Lodge, No. 94, in the
<^oimty of Hyde; and a bill to repeal the second, third and fourth
sections of an act, passed in the year 1819, entitled " An act pre-scribing
the manner of assessing lands in this State for taxation, so
far as relates to the county of Anson; also a resolution in favor of
Matthew Coman; in which tlioy a.s!c the coucui-ience of the Sen-ate.
VVhei'eupon the said bills and resolution were read the first
time and ]«assed.
The following bills were prcscjitcd, to wit; by Mr. Fuller, a bill
to regulate the fees wliich shall be allowed the pilots of Occacock
Jrdet, Old Topsail Inlet, Boguc Inlet, and the wateis connected
thcrewitli; and by Mr. Drake, a bill to i)rovi«le for the payment of
jui'ors of the county of Nash^ which bills were read the first time
and passed.
The engrossed bills, t(j wit: a bill to alter the time of holding the
Courts of I'ieas and Qtiarler Sessions for the county of Brunsw ick;
and the bill to authorise and direct the Sheriff of Kowan county to
collect the taxes imposed by the commissioners on the town of Salis-bury,
were read the third time and passed, and ordered to be en-
2'olled.
The resolution relative to procuring iron barks for the fire pla-ces
in the Senate Chamber and Commotw FLn/ll, was read the tJiird
time and jiassed, and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Fuller presented a bill to compel inspectors of fish, naval
stores, lumber, and all other kind of produce, to work on roads and
perform military duty, so far as regards the county of Cartei'et|
which was read the first time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Bailey, the Senate proceeded to consider the en-grossed
resolution in favor of James Patton, of Buncombe countyi
ami the said resolutioji being read the second time, and thefjuestion
taken on the passage thci-eof, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 32,
noes 26. The yens and nays being demanded by Mr. Nuttall
—
Those vlio votefl in the affirmative, are ]\!essrs. Alexander, Burgin, Bethune, Bai-ley,
Beasley, Bi-odnax, Burncy, Deberry, Drake, Dobson, Davidson, Fuller, Gray,
Hurst, Hinton, Joiner, Jones, Live ot Haywood, Love of Richmond, M'Dowell, M'Ea-cliin,
Owen, Pickett, Parker, Reinkardt, Riddick, Smith, Saunderson, Scott, Shuford,
Shoher, Williams of Martin.
Those who voted in the negative, are Messrs. Askew of Hertford, Davenport, Devane,
Franklin, Howze, Harrell, Hawkins, Loeke, Matthews, M'Daniel, M'Neill, Montg^ome-rv,
Nuttall, Ramsay, Royal, Spaight of Craven, Salyear, Sherard, Thomson, Vanhook,
XVilliams of Beaufort, Wilson of Camden, Walton, Wilson of Edgecomb, Wliitfield,
Ward.
Tlic resolution being read the third time, Mr. Nuttall moved to
amend it by inseTting in the last line of the i-esolution, aftei- the word
•-' dollars/' the word.s " to be paid out of the funds set apart for In=

8l> JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.
second rc.qitnents ofthc militia of Giiilfonl; a bill to incorporate tht-
Ilookcitoii Library Company, in tho comity of Gi-eciie; a hill to au-thorise
Heiuy Gibbs, Sheriff of Hyde county, to collect arjvars of
taxes; a bill empowering the commissioners of the town of Halifax,
to sell to Lemuel Long a certain sti'ip of land oithe commons i»f said
town; a bill to incorpoi-ate the Franklin Lodge, No. 94, in the